High Court Judge Harald Geier reserved judgement in the matter between the Namibia Central Intelligence Service (NCIS) and the weekly Patriot newspaper for 31 May. This emanates from an urgent interdict sought by the state security agency last week to stop the Patriot from publicising allegations of corruption. Director General of the NCIS, Phillemon Malima, through state lawyers, argues that the agency ought to operate and acquire services under a veil of secrecy and thus circulation of such information is prohibited in the interest of national security. State lawyer, Advocate Dennis Khama says the agency is not required to disclose any information to any authority including the judiciary on its operations. Khama also said that it is illegal to share any information about the agency whether it is allegations of corruption or not. Lawyer Norman Tjombe, who represented the Patriot, strongly dismissed the arguments as baseless, saying exposing corruption or suspicions does not threaten national security in any way.